SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE ART INSTALLATION.

                                      
This piece is an art installation created by Darcy Prendergrast and his friends. Prendergast is an Australian artist, and started his career in his family home, and won the Junior Stanley award in 1999. When the piece was made is unknown, but was made to promote a competition arranged by the stationery shop, Staples.
Materials consisted of stationery, such as Post-it notes, paper clips, string, pens, markers. These were used, most likely because the artist was promoting a stationery shop, and use of the products they sell to create the installation would further emphasise this. The composition matches that of the Sydney Opera house and the area surrounding it, therefore it would need to be organised in such a way that is organised and resembles it closely. Also, the artist and helpers have used different colour objects, possibly to bring about a more positive side of life, or to make it more aesthetically pleasing, or to show a more colourful side of a possibly grey and dull city, which would encourage the audience to enter the competition. Also, it may provide some inspiration for the audience, showing them that their possibilities are endless.  Various paper manipulation techniques such as cutting, ripping and scoring may have been used to create the buildings and effects to make it the piece look more realistic, as well as stacking objects on top of the other in different arrangements, to show various types of designs for the surrounding buildings.
As mentioned before, the installation is a model of the Sydney Opera House. A landmark which is recognised internationally. This may invite people, even outside of Australia to join in on the competition.
I personally think that this piece is very crafty and creative, because Prendergast makes use resources that are people would least expect, and makes something, at a standard that people would least expect. It's also quite architectual, as it closely matches the appearance of the Opera house, and the added touches of the sky, the clouds and the ocean make it idyllic, as if the viewer is transported to Sydney.
Because of these reasons, I hold the piece in high regard. A lot of time and effort looks like it went into to it as well, and I consider it to be a huge achievement.